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Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

In research, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory stands highest in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (#1,087 of 2,085 worldwide), Medicine (#12,169 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,850 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,159
of 28,054 · #22,929 all time
Rank in United States
#2,941
of 4,192
Research works
586
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #1,087 of 2,085 29.1%165
MedicineField #12,169 of 17,978 28.1%228
Life SciencesDomain #9,850 of 14,347 22.4%295
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,231 of 6,031 23.9%205
Health SciencesDomain #15,325 of 20,462 27.9%233

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6.10× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.66× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, L. Philip Lounibos, Barry W. Alto and J. R. Linley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory.

  1. 1 L. Philip Lounibos United States · #73,452 worldwide 307 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Barry W. Alto United States · #824,896 worldwide 63 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 J. R. Linley United States · #844,580 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jonathan F. Day United States · #970,268 worldwide 52 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vector Control, Vaccine Development, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Pathogenesis, Public Health and Climate Change.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology29▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Vector Control18▲ 250×4 topics
  3. Vaccine Development18▲ 114×4 topics
  4. Arboviral Diseases12▲ 308×1 topic
  5. Zika Virus12▲ 308×1 topic
  6. Climate Change9▲ 5.2×16 topics
  7. Pathogenesis8▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Public Health7▲ 8.1×7 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity7▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 132×4 topics
  11. Genome Sequence6▲ 110×3 topics
  12. Zoonotic Infections6▲ 160×2 topics
  13. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 106×3 topics
  14. Bunyavirus5▲ 190×1 topic
  15. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers5▲ 190×1 topic
  16. Artemisinin Resistance5▲ 249×1 topic
  17. Plasmodium falciparum5▲ 249×1 topic
  18. Microbiota4▲ 33×3 topics
  19. Biodiversity4▲ 9.6×9 topics
  20. Diversity4▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Genetic Characterization4▲ 127×2 topics
  22. Symbiont4▲ 297×1 topic
  23. Wolbachia4▲ 297×1 topic
  24. Biopesticides3▲ 72×2 topics
  25. Pest Management3▲ 54×3 topics
  26. Invasive Species3▲ 10×8 topics
  27. Bluetongue Virus3▲ 222×1 topic
  28. Culicoides Biting Midges3▲ 222×1 topic
  29. Pathogen Transmission3▲ 64×3 topics
  30. Botanical Insecticides2▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Essential Oils2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Population Dynamics2▲ 16×7 topics
  33. Biological Control2▲ 25×7 topics
  34. Immune Response2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  35. Drosophila2▲ 81×2 topics
  36. Conservation Biology2▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Lyme Disease2▲ 111×1 topic
  38. Tick-Borne Diseases2▲ 111×1 topic
  39. Ecological Niche2▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, Malaria Research and Control and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Mosquito-borne diseases …12Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 12 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…5Viral Infections and Vectors: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…5Malaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 4 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 3 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…2Insect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksDengue and Mosquito Control Research: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 4 works
  5. 5 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  6. 6 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 2 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  9. 9 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Dengue and Mosquito Control Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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